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"Every [child] has the right to a first fish. On this particular planet, no man is granted a greater privilege than to be present and to assist in the realization of this moment". Bill Heavey

What's worse than being the last post on a thread is when you are the first - second or third and write a thorough answer if the thread starter ask a question. Or maybe just a thoughtful reply only to find that many other posters in their rush to reply failed to notice that you had taken time to write a short article in reply. This can make you feel as if you were wasting time & effort.

Then there are the questions to which I offer a reply based on my own experience over many years. These are sometimes followed by posts loaded with you Tube links - cut & paste essay's or a reference to what some expert says about the topic.

Me, I only tell someone what I think I know based on what I have actually done. I don't refer to experts or paste links. I've always felt that this is a person to person exchange of knowledge kind of forum. I figure that everyone posting has a computer and can Google search so why should I be combing the net and pasting second hand info.

Yeah sometimes I'm the last post but I hadn't left that bother me so far